to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
tomfoolery; monkey business
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
the imperial family or household
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to happen to meet; to come across
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom
no matter how much time passes
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
battlefield; battleground
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
starting point; starting line
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about